{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-plating-and-testing-amendment-regulations-1988/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-plating-and-testing-amendment-regulations-1988/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/338",
  "legislation_title": "The Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-plating-and-testing-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1982 so that—\n(a) the fee payable on an application for a first examination or periodical test is increased from £23.50 to £25.25 in the case of a motor vehicle and from £13 to £14 in the case of a trailer;\n(b) the fee for a re-test or further re-test within 14 days after the first examination or earlier re-test and at the same station or at another auxiliary station by arrangement is increased from £12 to £13 in the case of a motor vehicle and from £7 to £7.50 in the case of a trailer. The fee for re-tests in other circumstances is increased from £23.50 to £25.50 in the case of a motor vehicle and from £13 to £14 in the case of a trailer;\n(c) the fee payable on a request for an amendment to a plating certificate following a notifiable alteration is increased from £9.50 to £10.50; and\n(d) the fee payable on an application for a replacement for a lost or defaced plate or certificate is increased from £7 to £7.50.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/338/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:10:58.628338+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}